ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ, διανοια
DIANOIA, dianoia
Sounds Like: dee-AH-noy-ah
Translations: mind, understanding, a mind, an understanding, thought, purpose, intention, intellect
From the root: ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the faculty of thinking, understanding, and reasoning. It encompasses the intellect, thoughts, intentions, and purposes of a person. It can describe the inner disposition or the way one thinks about something. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia, "through") and νοῦς (nous, "mind").
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1271 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:10
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 24:45
- Deuteronomy — 29:17
- 1 Maccabees — 10:74
- 4 Maccabees — 2:2, 11:14
- Proverbs — 2:10
- Job — 1:5, 1:8, 9:4, 36:28
- Wisdom — 4:14
- Sirach — 29:16
- Isaiah — 35:4
- Matthew — 22:37
- Luke — 10:27
- Ephesians — 4:18
- Colossians — 1:21
- Shepherd of Hermas — 19:3
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 20:2
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:191
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 2:15
- Book 5 — 1:6, 1:95
- Book 6 — 2:25, 14:348
- Book 7 — 9:221, 11:269
- Book 8 — 2:30, 13:337
- Book 9 — 7:150
- Book 17 — 2:38, 4:74, 5:138, 11:305
- Book 18 — 1:5, 9:330
- Book 19 — 1:19, 2:196, 2:199
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 1:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 8:21, 17:17, 24:15, 24:45, 27:41, 45:26
- Exodus — 9:21, 28:3, 35:22, 35:25, 35:26, 35:29, 35:34, 36:1
- Leviticus — 19:17
- Numbers — 22:18
- Deuteronomy — 4:39, 7:17, 28:47, 29:18
- 1 Chronicles — 29:18
- 1 Maccabees — 10:74
- 4 Maccabees — 2:2, 11:14
- Odes — 11:51
- Job — 1:5, 1:8, 9:4, 36:28
- Wisdom — 4:14
- Sirach — 29:17
- Isaiah — 14:13, 35:4
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:5
- Baruch — 1:22, 4:28
- Ezekiel — 14:4
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:25
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 4 — 1:7
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 11:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΝΟΗΣΙΝ — understanding, a understanding, mind, a mind, thought, a thought, intention, an intention
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΙ — thoughts, minds, understandings, intentions, purposes
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΙΣ — thoughts, understandings, minds, intentions, purposes
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΝ — mind, understanding, a mind, an understanding, thought, purpose, a thought, a purpose
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΣ — (of) mind, (of) understanding, (of) thought, (of) intellect, (of) disposition, (of) purpose
- ΔΙΑΝΟΙΩΝ — (of) thoughts, (of) understandings, (of) minds, (of) intentions, (of) dispositions
- ΔΙΑΝΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) thoughts, (to) understandings, (to) minds, (to) intentions
- ΤΗΝΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΝ — the mind, the understanding, the thought, the purpose, the intention
- ΤΗΣΔΙΑΝΟΙΑΣ — of the mind, of the understanding, of the intellect, of the thought, of the intention
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